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This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on Ubuntu 10.04 and how to configure it to share files over the SMB protocol as well as how to add users. Samba is configured as a standalone server, not as a domain controller. In the resulting setup, every user has his own home directory accessible via the SMB protocol and all users have a shared directory with read-/write access.

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By: ubuntubuzz

this is article i'm looking about, thanks for writing this..

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This is a complete smb.conf [GLOBAL] netbios name = dominio server string = Servidor de Dominio workgroup = conasinf.com security = user dont descend = .recycle [HOMES] comment = Recurso Personal browseable = no valid users = %S writable = yes create mask = 0700 directory mask = 0700 vfs object = recycle recycle:config-file = /etc/samba/recycle.conf recycle:repository = .recycle recycle:keeptree = Yes recycle:versions = Yes [SAMBA] comment = Servidor de Archivos path = /home/samba valid users = @users force group = users create mask = 0660 directory mask = 0771 writable = yes vfs object = recycle recycle:config-file = /etc/samba/recycle.conf recycle:repository = .recycle recycle:keeptree = Yes recycle:versions = Yes

As you can see this file uses a reference to the recycle.conf file:
name = .recycle mode = KEEP_DIRECTORIES|VERSIONS|TOUCH maxsize = 0 exclude = *.tmp|*.TMP|*.temp|*.o|*.obj|~$*|*.~??|*.log|*.trace excludedir = /tmp|/temp|/cache noversions = *.ppt|*.dat|*.ini directory_mode = 0700This configuration allow to keep the files after they are erased on a directory called .recycled

By: rjm_cmyk

Having spent a week trying to fix a permissions/authorisation problem with a fresh install of e-box/webmin I gave up.

So I went back to basic did a fresh install of Ubuntu server + Samba and followed the instructions above. Took 15 mins after the install. Hence the yeahhhaaaaaaa.

Proof if it was needed that doing the basics is a great way of learning stuff and getting things to work without layers of "help" and complexity.

So thanks from ever so grateful I can have Sunday off Richard in London UK.